Kev

Well, the painting of the base started today! All General Finishes Milk Paint so far... Color selections and sequence is totally the clients but, so far it's looking pretty cool! Started with a base color of basil. Once that cured, a coat of antique white was applied. Once that cured, it was sanded back to create a more "antique" look. Tomorrow, we'll start the glazing process. Will start with VanDyke brown on all the large surface areas and a burnt umber on all the edges. These will be quickly wiped back so that they simply add some accents to what you see here. And the final will be General Finishes High Performance for a few coats to give it some protection and maintain the look.

Just the "note" piece that was a smaller font.. I managed to get it all up to the regular size.. I like the appendix idea.. I think I can get this one in but, I can see the benefit on larger plans... Trestle Table Plans.pdf

I did some work on the font sizes to see if I could clean it up a bit... Trestle Table Plans.pdf

Mine too.. I need to actually print it and see if I can make the picture a little smaller so that I have the writing room.. It's done automatically to keep the text contained in a specified area.. Thanks..

I do hope you take a look at the rough draft plans I posted and see what you think.. I don't expect them to be perfect as it's a rough draft but, looking for input.

Thanks! I'm getting a little mind numb looking at this so, just going to post it here so you guys can beat me up a little with the mistakes.. I'm sure I made a few.. PDF format was the smallest I could make it.. Let me know if you can't open it and I'll find another way.. Trestle Table Plans.pdf

I do the same on my shop drawings and they're usually handwritten.. I'm working on some rough plans now and may drop them here later so you can can take a look and offer suggestions or catch mistakes that I'm sure I made..

Question for the group, especially those that have ordered/bought plans in the past. I'm working on the plans for the Trestle Table and have all my pictures with dimensions, exploded views, etc. My question is do you prefer plans with some sort of description along the way or just plans with the dimensions? Obviously, there's video to go with them but, I also don't mind adding some narrative to the plans either. Just looking to make plans that people will actually use and enjoy.

So, anyone interested in the finish, here's the link.. https://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p/40/2585/mylands-Melamine-Lacquer?term=mylands+melamine+lacquer&term=mylands melamine lacquer There's a lot of interesting stuff on their site for turning! Thanks @Dick for turning me on to this place!

The client showed up yesterday during the marathon turning session with more color samples for the base. As of this writing, it would seem that a decision on color has been made! Supposedly, they'll be getting it done this week so I can get this table out of my wife's quilting room where I put it to keep it safe.

Yea, the scoops are always popular.. I was surprised at how popular the pizza cutters were as well.

@Ray Martin and I had a marathon day in the shop today getting all of our turnings done.. Was about 12 hours in total and I'm out of gas! Results were great though! @Dick turned me on to a new finish that worked absolutely awesome.. I'll dig up a link tomorrow and post the info..

Yea, you've pretty much gone where I'm thinking of going except for the tools behind the lathe and a little change to the left.. Between the cabinet, lights, and divider rack behind the lathe, there's just not a lot of room there. As well as @Coop pointed out, I do have a concern around leaning over a running lathe. Although I do understand that the you most likely have the lathe off when doing this. Like you, I have a custom cabinet to the right of the lathe, I'll post an updated picture tomorrow. The downside to my cabinet is that the horizontal surface is pretty filled up with sharpening equipment and because it's a corner cabinet, it's just a little too far from the actual working position of the lathe. I don't have anything other than the horizontal surfaces of my planer on the left. In fairness, I'm not sure if this "planer" space is being used because my shop cart (fill in for the space on the right) is full or if I genuinely want to place items there. Figuring out the left cabinet will be a work in progress through turning actual projects. The solution I'm considering is two smaller cabinets (2) on wheels that live under the lathe when not in use but, roll out to a comfortable working position when I'm working at the lathe. being smaller cabinets, I'll still have access to the corner cabinet on the right and won't be using my planer surfaces on the left. Currently, I'm envisioning the frequently grabbed turning tools and abrasives living on the right cabinet and the less frequently grabbed lathe chucks and finishes living on the left cabinet. I'm liking the idea of stepping up to the lathe and being somewhat surrounded by an array of cabinets that all house different components to working at the lathe where I'm not walking a bunch to get what I need/want. I suppose long term, I'll also have to dial in the dust collection as well as figure out how to shoot video at this location. @pkinneb I love your set up! I'll bet you enjoy some serious time there! Looks like you went to a little smaller lathe getting it a little closer to your cabinet on the right? I envy that proximity!

That's why I'm considering the 2 cabinets.. Both will be on wheels so, they'll have a home (same footprint as the large cabinet above) as well as the organization stuff needed. I'll just pull them out from under the lath when I want.

Coming back to this project finally now that I've had some time on the lathe and have a little better understanding of what I need and want. For starters, I think the cabinet I designed above would ultimately be too big and heavy. This would create a couple problems. When pulled out for use, it would block access to the bench area that I built that has a lot of drawer storage as well as my tool sharpening. If it's heavy and cumbersome, it probably won't get used as intended. One of the things that I've noticed from the last few turnings is that I end up pulling up my shop cart on the right side of me. This is where the tools get stored but, it get's cluttered in a hurry! The other thing that I've noticed is that my planer horizontal surfaces are also getting used which is to the left and behind the lathe.. So, I'm thinking 2 smaller cabinets on wheels that will be easier to roll out and place where I want/need them. Then, with a little bit of organization, perhaps it won't be a cluttered mess!

Finally cured up enough for a picture..

Possibly.. I've made the space available or she can take it home and paint..

Gave it a little buffing and located the top on the base this morning. With the exception of spraying the base after it's painted, this one is done for me!

Yea, the only places I under bid this job was on my hourly and the finish.. I Made up for the finish by making up some time along the way.. I never mark up for material other than the increase for defects. Normally I get paid a very fair hourly wage so don't see a need to also add additional material cost.

My hourly was too low on this one because she was in a tough place in life.. I shouldn't have lowered my hourly to help her though since she went on to buy 3 more projects from me.. As for material, I don't mark it up. I do add 20% to the amount of material that I purchase to account for defects. I do this so that if a client wants to go with me to the lumber yard to pick out their own material, there's no sticker shock.

All good Coop.. I'm sure you did many quotes in your day, how'd I do?

If you look close, that was -$79.56 and -$15.00 - Lumber and labor both came in under the estimate.

Just tallying up the final to see where it landed... I allowed myself an hour in the morning to buff and apply the maintenance coat as well as a couple hours to shoot the base and help her move the table. Total actual hours: 43.75 Actual Lumber Cost: -$79.56 Actual Labor Cost: -$15.00 Which means that I came in $89.56 under budget which means a little savings to the client. I'd say the quote was well within reason!

Thanks! The piece below it is the shop Lazy Susan for finishing small parts. Just makes it easy to spin them. The circle was cut at the bandsaw using a circle jig. I know I have a video on making it and possibly some plans too.. Just makes it super quick and easy to cut these circles at the band saw.. Rubio is on.. I had began to really like the glossy look so, this is quite a bit different! I'll probably buff it in the morning and consider a maintenance coat on it to see if I can bring a little sheen back.

Well, she finally made a decision and I'll be sanding back slightly and adding Rubio. I kind of thought that's where she was going to go but, I wanted to be sure.. I'll do that after dinner.. In the mean time, I got her other orders filled today! Starting with the Table Lazy Susan.. She also requested a cutting board and I was fortunate to have a spare for the farmer's market here that she liked so, one less thing I actually had to build today! And, my wife's cousin hit me up for a loom of some sort today so, I knocked that out as well.. She's into horses and wants to make some of her own stuff for them.. Don't ask me, I got no clue..lol I'll post some pics of the table as I get the Rubio on it..